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1
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When to use imperfect tense (3)

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Unfinished (interrupted) action in past
Describing habits
Reported speech- when something initially said in present tense is reported from past perspective

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When to use passé composé (2)

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Finished action in past
Even if it lasted a long time or was habitual, if it is over passé composé is used

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When to use plus-que-parfait (1)

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Finished action in past that came before action being referred to

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When to use passé simple

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In formal texts, same function as passé composé

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Word order for ‘she did not see us’

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subject + ne + pronom object + verb + pas + past participle

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True or false: adverbs such as souvent go in between subject and verb like in English

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false

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What is the direct object

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The person or thing that the verb is being done to.
Eg. acheter des pommes

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What is the indirect object

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The person that the verb is being done to when the verb is preceded by ‘a’.
Eg. Acheter des pommes a un enfant

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True or false: an indirect object is always animate

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true

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What is a transitive verb

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One which takes an object (direct or indirect)

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What is a ditransitive verb

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One which takes more than one object (often one direct and one indirect)

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What is ‘a + objet indirect’ called?

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Complement de lieu ou de maniere

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13
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What is an intransitive verb

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One which has no object

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14
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What is a subject pronoun

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Replace groups or names
Eg, Je

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What do direct object pronouns do

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Replace direct objects in a sentence (no a)

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What are the direct object pronouns

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me / te / le / la / se / nous / vous / les / se

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what are indirect object pronouns

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Replace indirect objects in a sentence (nouns which come after a)

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What are the indirect object pronouns

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me / te / lui / se / nous / vous / leur / se

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What are pronoms toniques used for

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For emphasis
Often used in oral

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What are the pronoms toniques

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moi / toi / lui / elle / nous / vous / eux / elles

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what replaces ‘a + inanimate object’

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y

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true or false: all complements de lieu can be replaced by ‘y’

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true

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23
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When can ‘dont’ be used as a relative pronoun

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When the verb is followed by ‘de’

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When is ce qui or ce que used?

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When referring to a phrase rather than one specific noun.

25
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When is lequel used

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When the noun is followed by a preposition other than ‘de’

26
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What is subjunctive used for?

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To express projections, suppositions, and things affected by personal attitude or emotion

27
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When is the subjunctive used with dire/penser/croire

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When they are negative or in a question

28
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What tense is used for talking about the future in a subjunctive mood?

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subjunctive present

29
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How to use a past participle as a link

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Can only be done with those conjugated with etre
Infinitive of etre + past participle

30
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How to use present participles to link

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Remove -ons ending from nous form and add -ant

31
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Which type of verb has active and passive forms, transitive or intransitive?

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Transitive

32
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What is an active form

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When the subject is the agent of the action described to the verb

33
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What is a passive form

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When the agent of the action is moved

34
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How to form passive

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Conjugated version of etre + past participle of verb (must agree)

35
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Why use the passive?

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It allows more importance to be placed on the act rather than person carrying it out

36
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What are the 4 modal verbs

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devoir/pouvoir/savoir/falloir

37
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Uses of devoir (4)

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Something which is very or quite probable
Moral obligation
Plans
Plans that did not or will not happen

38
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Uses of pouvoir (4)

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Allow or refuse something
Express capacity to do something
Express probability
Request help

39
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Uses of savoir (2)

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Have ability to do something
Possess knowledge of something by remembering

40
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Uses of falloir (1)

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Express obligation

41
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Conditions of falloir (3)

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Only exists in third person singular (il)
Can be put into any tense
Always subjunctive

42
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Difference between simple and compound tenses

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Simple tenses have one part and compound ones have two.
Eg. Je vais vs Je suis allé

43
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Whats the literary equivalent of the plus-que-parfait?

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Passé antérieur

44
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What is the futur antérieur used for?

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Describing future events from perspective of completion

45
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How to form futur antérieur

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future of etre/avoir + past participle

46
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True or false: when the subjunctive is triggered and a past tense is required the passé du subjonctif is sufficient

A

true

47
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How to form past conditional

A

avoir/etre in conditional + past participle

48
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How to form past infinitive

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Avoir/etre + past participle

49
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What are adverbs

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Words which can modify the meaning of a verb, phrase or adjective. Eg. Il travaille dur.

50
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When the adverb comes from an adjective which ends in -ant or -ent what does the adverb end in?

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-ammant or -emment

51
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True or false: if an adjective is used as an adverb it must agree with subject

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False.
If an adjective becomes an adverb it becomes invariable. Eg. Cette robe coute cher.

52
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When does ‘tout’ need to agree

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When it is referring back to subject

53
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Where does the adverb go in the sentence

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Immediately after first verb (so if temps composes would be J’ai beaucoup mange)

54
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When is subject inversion triggered

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Formal writing with some adverbs

55
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When is it necessary to add ‘t’ to the structure verb + hyphen + pronoun

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When two vowels are next to each other.
Eg. ajouta-t-elle

56
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How to translate ‘would’

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Possible outcome- put verb in conditional
No desire to do something- use ‘ne pas vouloir’
Past habit- imperfect

57
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How to translate ‘should’

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Moral obligation- devoir
Future probably action- devoir
Chance event- add ‘si’ to beginning of sentence

58
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How to translate ‘could’

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Past tense of can- pouvoir in past
Possibility- conditional of pouvoir

59
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How to translate ‘may’

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Possibility- verb in future + peut-etre
Polite form- inversion of subject and verb

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